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Adding retro flair into home decor can be easy. Faires recommends starting small, perhaps with a vase or a set of barware, and building from there. “I would say upholstered furniture is hardest to find,” she says. “If you find that piece first, and build around that, it’s easier.”

Sorrell recommends choosing a few key pieces that will anchor the decor, keeping in mind colors, patterns, textures, size and shape.

And while vintage or retro doesn’t have to mean expensive, don’t buy broken pieces unless they can be refurbished.

“Whether you choose to add a little or a lot of retro to an interior, you are introducing character and style,” Sorrell says. “It might be a beautiful piece of designer furniture or a whimsical accessory.”

Not only does it add a “patina of age and a story from the past” to your home design, Sorrell says, it’s “quite often at a bargain price – and green to boot, since you are recycling rather than buying something new.”